chef-troubles.txt

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# Node:
# Rackspace Cloud Server
# Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
# Hosted Chef Server
# Package install 10.04
# http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Package+Installation+on+Debian+and+Ubuntu
# Using nginx for ssl
# http://warwickp.com/2010/10/hosting-chef-server-behind-nginx-proxy
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# Bootstrap works with no problems
$ knife bootstrap XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX -x root -P XXXXX -d ubuntu10.04-apt -l debug

# New node shows up
$ knife node list
[
  "local-workstation.local",
  "web-app"
]


$ knife node run_list add web-app 'role[base]'
{
  "run_list": [
    "role[base]"
  ]
}

# Confirm run list
knife node show web-app -r
{
  "run_list": [
    "role[base]"
  ]
}


# And the fuckary begins 

# Doesn't work
web-app $ chef-client -l debug

# It shits out this error
retriable_rest_request: Connection refused - Connection refused connecting to localhost:4000 for /cookbooks/runit/0.14.1/files/ac87b692389b0d9d99e628a9f25fba19, giving up (Errno::ECONNREFUSED)

# I have no clue why the chef-run is trying to connect to localhost:4000 instead of my chef server. 
# I examined the debug output from the chef run. And I found this...

X-Ops-UserId:web-app'
Header hash: {"X-Ops-Content-Hash"=>"2jmj7l5rSw0yVb/vlWAYkK/YBwk=", "X-Ops-Authorization-1"=>"4wnsQ+...", "X-Ops-Userid"=>"web-app", "X-Ops-Sign"=>"version=1.0", "X-Ops-Authorization-2"=>"nfg...", "X-Ops-Authorization-3"=>"cfHD...", "X-Ops-Authorization-4"=>"DxbX...", "X-Ops-Authorization-5"=>"xie...", "X-Ops-Authorization-6"=>"lGdE...", "X-Ops-Timestamp"=>"2011-01-08T18:39:41Z"}
[Sat, 08 Jan 2011 18:39:41 +0000] DEBUG: Sending HTTP Request via GET to chef.my-chef-server.com:443/nodes/web-app/cookbooks
[Sat, 08 Jan 2011 18:39:42 +0000] DEBUG: Cookbooks to load: {"runit"=>#<Chef::CookbookVersion:0x7fe831bc8b78 @file_vendor=nil, @couchdb_rev=nil, @definition_filenames=["runit_service.rb"], @manifest_records_by_path={"templates/gentoo/runit-start.sh.erb"=>{"name"=>"runit-start.sh.erb", "url"=>"http://localhost:4000/cookbooks/runit/0.14.1/files/bd03533917da171167995131c075ea43", "checksum"=>"bd03533917da171167995131c075ea43", "path"=>"templates/gentoo/runit-start.sh.erb", "specificity"=>"gentoo"}....

# I'm clueless to why these cookbooks have "url"=>"http://localhost:4000/..." instead of my chef server url
# /etc/chef/client.rb contains the correct chef server url

web-app $ chef-client -c /etc/chef/client.rb
# Fails for the same localhost reasons

# THIS WORKS
web-app $ chef-client -S http://chef.my-chef-server.com:4000
# The logs show the cookbooks have "url"=>"http://chef.my-chef-server.com:4000" instead of localhost

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# Nginx on my chef server is an apt-get install 
# And my chef server web ui works 
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# ANY HALP WUD BE GREATLY APPRECIATD
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